Kings River (California)

General data

Name: Kings River (California)
Water system: Planet Earth
Water type: River
Source: South Fork Kings River, Middle Fork Kings River
Progression: Tulare Lake -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

The Kings River is a 132.9-mile (213.9 km) river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States.

Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river gorges in North America.

The river is impounded in Pine Flat Lake before flowing into the San Joaquin Valley (the southern half of the Central Valley) southeast of Fresno. With its upper and middle course in Fresno County, the Kings River diverges into multiple branches in Kings County, with some water flowing south to the old Tulare Lake bed and the rest flowing north to the San Joaquin River. However, most of the water is consumed for irrigation well upstream of either point.

Kings River (California)

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